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-- 19:48, Friday, July 7, 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I look forward to it! Helvishmelvi (talk) 20:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.

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Plus, you might want to check out WikiProject Finland. Again, welcome and happy editing! — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 01:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Prodraxis Thanks! I just followed that page at your suggestion and will check out your suggestions Helvishmelvi (talk) 19:26, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, welcome and thanks for your edits. An issue has been that you have been adding external links to article text, rather than links to other articles, please read WP:EL for information on when and where these types of links are accepted. I left the one you added to the "external links" section, as that would be the place such links can be added. Are you affiliated with Finlandia Foundation or Concordia Language Villages in any way? If so, that must be disclosed per WP:COI, however if you are only using these organizations as references then that's no problem. Thank you and welcome once again. TylerBurden (talk) 10:54, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @TylerBurden for your feedback. These are my first edits, so I am really appreciative of your guidance. I will take a look at the link situation and make corrections to that per WP:EL. I reviewed the WP:COI info you shared and am pretty sure I am in the clear for these edits. I used to be affiliated with CLV, but that was over six years ago. I have never worked for Finlandia Foundation National. Again, thanks for the guidance and let me know if you think something else needs to be changed or if you think I need to do something further with COI. Helvishmelvi (talk) 14:54, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, Wikipedia's quite complicated so it's good to become aware of these sorts of things as fast as possible. Since you are not currently affiliated with them, that shouldn't be a problem from the standpoint of COI. Keep up the good work! TylerBurden (talk) 11:31, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I appreciate it! Helvishmelvi (talk) 14:16, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by KylieTastic were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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KylieTastic (talk) 18:13, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! KylieTastic (talk) 18:13, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice. I will do that. Helvishmelvi (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Notcharizard was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

• in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
• reliable
• secondary
• independent of the subject
  

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Most of the resources given are either about the Finlandia, and the ones that are about the publication are published by them.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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-- NotCharizard ^🗨 11:28, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I maintain multilingual Wikimedia charts showing roadmaps to the various planes of the Unicode Standard.
I'm hoping you will provide Finnish translations for me. (I noticed your user name on the Wikipedia:Translators available list.)
The specifics are at User:Drmccreedy/roadmap_multilingual.
Currently the Finnish Unicode article uses the English charts.
Thank you for any help you can offer. DRMcCreedy (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MurielMary was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Diane Jarvi and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

MurielMary (talk) 07:43, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Salolampi Finnish Language Village, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 20:06, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Salolampi Finnish Language Village".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:The Finnish American Reporter, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 12:06, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Diane Jarvi, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Diane Jarvi".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will keep it short incase you don't check this account anymore. I need help with some articles, particlaury proof-reading of some finnish-english tranlations Ḯ've done. I was wondering if you would be willing to help me out? 3SiameseCats (talk) 01:51, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @3SiameseCats!

Absolutely! Send them my way. I haven't been super active here the past year, but am hoping to be more active. A Finnish-English translation proof-read or few would be a good way for me to get back into it. Hope you are having a good end of your year! Helvishmelvi (talk) 21:51, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! Hope you are also having a good end to yours!

I am currently working on a translation from finnish wikipedia on Eppu Normaali, but as it is not done I do not know of an easy way to share that one. I also have a few other eppu normaali related articles I am working on, such as the page on Martti Syrjä and draft:Aku Syrjä

I have also been working on some articles related to Kummeli, mainly draft:Mankeli. That one, the article in Finnish had no sources, so I have been trying to work backwards to source that one. I've made some progress, but not a ton.

I'll link you more translations when I publish them as drafts. Excited to have someone to help me out with working on these! 3SiameseCats (talk) 23:40, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@3SiameseCats- Amazing! I am fairly familiar with these topics, so that should help too. I will take a look in the next week at what you have linked, so I can figure out if there are any changes that should be made to these. Thanks for reaching out! Helvishmelvi (talk) 19:13, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]